Worksite city · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH wage area

H-1B salaries in Cambridge, MA

25% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 32% get a single lottery entry.

2,135certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$128,042median offer

25%of new-employment offers reach Level IV

628new-employment LCAs

Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

Wage levels for the top jobs here

same scale for every row · black mark: median offer

Software Developers

IV $186k

Biological Scientists, All Other

IV $147k

Biochemists and Biophysicists

IV $163k

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

IV $157k

Data Scientists

IV $161k

Computer and Information Research Scientists

IV $208k

Computer Occupations, All Other

IV $153k

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

IV $149k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $65k to $218k

Lottery entries

628 new-employment LCAs

Cambridge, MA 10%22%23%20%25% 628

All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984

1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry

How this is calculated

New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Jobs and employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

Top jobs

#	Job	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Software Developers	332	$155,300
2	Biological Scientists, All Other	321	$108,000
3	Biochemists and Biophysicists	154	$100,500
4	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	129	$126,006
5	Data Scientists	123	$158,050
6	Computer and Information Research Scientists	69	$199,722
7	Computer Occupations, All Other	56	$127,400
8	Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	46	$93,279
9	Statisticians	41	$141,000
10	Mechanical Engineers	40	$95,285
11	Computer and Information Systems Managers	36	$209,807
12	Physicists	36	$77,900
13	Chemists	35	$128,773
14	Operations Research Analysts	34	$124,430
15	Biological Technicians	33	$80,000

Top employers

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	236	$80,000
2	Harvard University	140	$77,153
3	Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.	102	$145,800
4	Google LLC	84	$179,250
5	The Broad Institute, Inc.	81	$90,000
6	Akamai Technologies, Inc.	50	$162,051
7	Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.	50	$91,978
8	Biogen Inc.	47	$142,000
9	Apple Inc.	41	$161,803
10	Microsoft Corporation	40	$154,000
11	Sanofi US Services Inc.	36	$130,899
12	HubSpot, Inc.	35	$148,500
13	Alnylam US, Inc.	33	$165,000
14	Amgen Inc.	28	$134,897
15	ModernaTX, Inc.	28	$154,253
16	Meta Platforms, Inc	25	$203,350
17	Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	23	$196,982
18	Lila Sciences, Inc.	21	$120,000
19	Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	19	$157,281
20	Philips North America LLC	19	$131,082
	All other employers	997	–